Individual investors were the ones who piled into stocks when they plunged in early April, while big Wall Street institutions missed out on the gains.

Last time around, it was the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest-rate hikes that finally put an end to the stock market's party in early 2022. This time, higher borrowing costs haven't done much to ...

Traders have repeatedly shrugged off President Trump’s disruptive tariff wars and fiscal policy, pushing U.S. stock prices ...